“I started playing on the streets of Lower Broad as soon as I was a teenager and was kicked out of Robert’s, Layla’s, and Gruhn Guitar more times than most regulars had been there before the age of 20,” reminisces songwriter and recording artist Benjamin Tod on his formative years as a rare Nashville local.
“Looking back now, I see how much those experiences shaped and influenced me. I certainly took it for granted most of my life, but now that I’m on the ‘backside of thirty’ I can feel the Honky Tonk deep down in my blood.” Tod cut his teeth on a myriad of genres and notably found success with poignant folk songwriting fronting his group, Lost Dog Street Band, but the pull back to Nashville’s country music scene he once rebelled against was strong enough to land him with a bucket full of songs and an album to make.
Source: Country Music News Blog